KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The St. Olaf College men's basketball team secured the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award and had two student-athletes named to the NABC Honors Court, as announced on Wednesday.

In its final season under head coach Dan Kosmoski, St. Olaf earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award for the seventh season in a row after compiling a team grade-point average (GPA) of 3.59 during the 2025-26 academic year. Programs must post a team GPA of at least 3.0 to be honored.

Rising senior Chris Willis and Kobe Kirk '26 represented St. Olaf on the NABC Honors Court, an honor awarded to juniors, seniors, and graduate students who finished the year with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.2. Kirk collected the accolade for the second season in a row.